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01-22-2013 05:04 PM

badazz2010focus

even the base s has this it's typically standard equipment LOL if we are talking about rds

01-22-2013 01:21 PM

katkrazy2007

This is freaking BAD A**!!!! I'm incredibly jealous of you as an owner of a Focus SES ):

01-14-2013 06:21 PM

badazz2010focus

almost everything has RDS as standard now. I defiently know that the colly's have it but only on the upper trim levels, the ones that get the cd players.

01-14-2013 04:47 AM

Now534

Few stations here deploy info I rarely use FM radio in my ST but it is nice everyonce in awhile that I do use it.

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01-14-2013 03:56 AM

mikebontoft

that's disappointing. I was driving a Colorado awhile back that had RDS. it displayed the station's name. I thought it was nice touch.

01-14-2013 01:52 AM

marshel308

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtferrari

uses his cd changer and listens to FM. features on my car that have never been used.
analog was so 90's. i bet you wish you had a cassette deck too.

just palyin with ya.

now how bout you dispense with the particulars

If you don't have sync, you can load 5mp3 (no wma or other format) disks and still keep one slot open for individual discs, gives you aprox. 4 GB of onboard digital music that dispays title/artist info on your heads up display. Only downside is shuffle only works within a single disc, it doesn't jump from disc to disc (probably keeps the changer mech. from wearing out). BTW RDS is Radio Data System, it was a tech that allowed radio stations to send out additional info that could be displayed, never caught on and don't think any stations still broadcast the extra info.

01-13-2013 11:01 PM

1990 GT-X

Hey Darder, love your avitar. Lol

01-03-2013 02:21 PM

DarderSauce

Sounds like a lot of work for relatively small payoff.

01-03-2013 01:05 PM

1990 GT-X

Ummmm, yeah. Sounds easy enough to rig.

12-31-2012 10:28 AM

dcorwin822

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1990 GT-X

This is a pic of my center display from my very early 08 Focus SES. Oct of 07 is the build date. What do you guys see interesting in this pic????

I would love to be able to stick a MS-CAN reader on a car with said options. So I could figure out the can bus messages. Than it's A simple arduino setup with a magneto, remote temp sensor and a CAN bus controller...

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